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As expected, the users over at dpreview came unhinged over all this talk of video. Did they not even ask about Magic Lantern? It'd be useful to publish a list of "questions we asked that they outright refused to answer..." since those can be a bigger scoop than the softballs they did answer. And citing the EF-M 11-22 as an example of lens innovation? A lens they won't even sell in the United States for some reason? How about the obvious follow up "so why aren't you selling that lens worldwide if it's so great"? Baffling.

How are people reaching the conclusion that the AX100's image is better than the GH4?   First mistake is to judge it from YouTube!   Second mistake is to judge it from marketing videos!   Third mistake is to compare from different shoots! With different amounts of talent behind the camera!   Final mistake is to forget about the lens! Will the AX100 look the same as a GH4 with a PL adapter and Cooke cinema lenses? NO! Indeed will the AX100 at F2.8 or F4 look like the GH4 with a Voigtlander 25mm F0.95 attached? That lens on the AX100 is sterile, no life.   Also I'm expecting the GH4 to be way ahead of the AX100 in low light. 16MP on a larger 2.0x sensor vs 20MP on a 2.7x crop one. Maximum aperture on the AX100 is F2.8, max aperture on the GH4 is F0.90 with Speed Booster.   The AX100 is a camcorder and it will look like a camcorder, but in 4K. Like the same sensor in the RX10 and RX100 yes it can do nice images and I am not writing it off, but got to compare like to like. It is not an interchangeable lens cinema camera and you will not be getting a Super 35mm look from it with that zoom lens.

Some more info has come out: http://www.superheadz.com/bellami/detail.php .... hope it gets translated soon

I'm lost.

I do agree something like this is needed at EOSHD as well. I love to talk about ideas and get inspiration from people for shoots. My recent shoot at the Aeropark would not have happened without Lars telling me about the location and I've done a shoot at Crosby beach with a 80-200mm F2.8 based on James Miller's stunning Brighton beach footage shot with the Production Camera.   So I have created a forum for inspiring each other to go out and shoot, share stories, script ideas, talk films and anything that isn't gear related...   http://www.eoshd.com/comments/forum/21-creativity-and-ideas/

helicoptersean over on ebay makes custom follow focus. I've been exchanging messages with him to get a properly fitted follow focus to fit on my iscorama 54. he has sent me a couple samples to see if it fits. he's super easy to work with and always answers your questions in a timely matter. he's sending me a final revision and i should be getting it any day now. if it works perfectly, i'll report back and that will most like be the model he'll be using for other people wanting a FF for the isco54 here's an earlier prototype of an earlier follow focus for an iscorama 54 he sent a couple of weeks ago. here's his ebay site to contact him. http://www.ebay.com/usr/helicoptersean

I use the Redrock MicroLensGear size D with my Iscorama 54. It required a slightly longer screw than the one supplied, which I readily found in the hardware store in a packet of Hillman 1/8 x 3" toggle bolts. See links below. I find that a speed crank is the most effective way to use this setup since there is decent travel on the Iscorama. I also recommend a way to hold the 54 in place especially if your focus ring has any tension at all. Without the support you may get some unwanted lens movement when you rack focus. I use a lens support from Cavision that locks my lens down to my shoulder rig but it needs some filler (like dense cardboard) to build it up to fit the 54's mounting ring. Hope this helps. http://store.redrockmicro.com/Catalog/lensgears/microLensGearSizeD http://www.amazon.com/The-Hillman-Group-5024-Toggle/dp/B001003YFC http://store.redrockmicro.com/Catalog/DSLR-microFollowFocus/microSpeedCrank http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/750371-REG/Cavision_R15_LS25100M_Lens_Support_with_Metal.html

I think it's a bit early to start guessing the spec sheet(s) of the coming new model(s) but still, if they really are to come up with a dSLR-format camera with a z-axis sensor and a hybrid mount fully compatible with all those three lens types, the body is likely to be a large-ish one. I'd think adding a 5-axis IBIS into that would be quite challenging, too. But why speculate, when we know so little about the real thing(s), for now, and there's NAB, there's Photokina, etc. Patience, young Luke, patience. :P I tend to agree about the stills side in general, and the notion that stills and video shooting are two different crafts and forms of expression to begin with. Nevertheless, think about all the millenials and the new breed of "geekier" shooters who have grown up, or learned the craft with all digital cameras and spray and pray shooting style. In fact, there are already quite a few people who share that sort of thinking, and therefore the notion of extracting stills from video frames may become the new norm, like it or not. I don't think it will totally replace traditional stills shooting any time soon, though. In fact, a change like that may again first start from the consumer side of things, rather than the pro/prosumer side. The (kind of) camera(s) Sony apparently are up to aren't really intended for stills shooting to begin with, despite Andrew's personal views, so don't worry. Horses for courses. Sony will carry on making stills cameras next year, too, and most of this is rather premature, anyway. Speculating for the heck of it. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but don't let mere speculation upset your piece of mind. ;)